Eternal optimist

Guy behind me at Thursday's game: They should really just let Streveler run the offense, sure he makes more mistakes, but he's so much more exciting than Nichols. Me: So is Russian Roulette.

Neat!

Guys on Toronto 1050 just mentioned the Argos to-date do not have a rushing touchdown 0_o

Yeah, they're a second half team*, for sure. *They're not actually a second half team, they're deservedly 1-6 and somehow LaPo's play calling completely shifts when they have the lead and he devolves from being an offensive guru into Marcelle Bellefeuille.

Mike Reilly suffered a knee injury in the season opener. of 2015, he also played (poorly) with a broken bone foot in the 2014 playoffs. Point is...every player in football at some point gets injured. It's only a matter of time. Besides, those are just the injuries serious enough that they've been disclosed, who know how many times guys have played through sprains and other minor ailments?

The guy has come back from a broken leg (2012), torn ACL (2013) and a non-contact knee injury (2018). He also played through the 2017 playoffs with a broken ring finger and got absolutely walloped on the play that knocked him out of the game yesterday. Since the start of the 2015 season, Mike Reilly has played exactly 1 more game (72 of 90) than Matt Nichols (71 of 90). Our QB may be alot of things, but "soft" as you imply, is not one of them.

HH to BC coaching staff for having so little trust in their own D they felt they had to start the game off with an onside kick.

They tried this last week with Andrew Harris taking the direct snap, with Streveler as the fake on a jet sweep... it was called back unfortunately due to a procedure penalty on Stanley Bryant. In the vid below, it occurs at 1:16:46:

Small sample size for 2019, yes... but just thought others might be interested in their career numbers: Career stats (per CFL.ca) Streveler: 95 / 153 (62%) 1,216 yards, 12 TDs - 7 INTs. He throws a pick about 4.6% of the time. Nichols: 1,572 / 2,361 (66%) for 18,184 yards, 107 TDs - 59 INTs. He throws a pick about 2.5% of the time. So Streveler is a more risky QB purely in terms of INT chance, obviously there are more factors at play here, I find the numbers interesting nonetheless though. Also food for thought - Streveler has a better average yardage per completed pass (12.8 yards per pass, Nichols is only 11.6 yard per pass).

Well, 2013 was when we acquired him, and he was injured then. So although he has missed a lot of time, considering what we gave up (a bolting Alex Hall and a 2014 2nd round pick), we still came out on top I think. Was the beginning of rebuilding a porous O-line. Like your new profile pic btw.

I see what you did there, Janarion.

Nuefeld's played regular-season games beginning in 2011. 2011 - 17 / 18 2012 - 17 / 18 2013 - 3 / 18 2014 - 8 / 18 2015 - 12 / 18 2016 - 7 / 18 2017 - 18 / 18 2018 - 18 / 18 2019 - 0 / 8 Total (100 / 152) He's been dressed for about 65% of games, so not the best, but still more than 50%. For comparative purposes only, Pierce started 67 of a possible 125 games (53.6%) during his tenure here. As others have mentioned...the fact Neufeld is often "hidden" on the IR likely makes his starting % a bit worse than it actually is.

Similar to how, if I had to, I could hitchhike to work tomorrow.

Just back-to-back Grey Cups (2016, 2017) lol.

Well, back in 2017 they ended their regular season on a 3-game skid. Though they likely already had first locked up (13-1-1 before losing streak), so I think that technically counts, but really they were in cruise control gearing up for the playoffs... those games practically meant nothing to CAL.

Mitchell is definitely the better QB, though I'd argue that's attributable much more to the team surrounding him than his individual abilities as a QB. He is the straw that stirs the Stamps' drink on offense, but they've also had fantastic D and STs over the last decade or so. Besides, even if we could've coaxed him over here, his contract would've been even more massive than what CAL paid for him, we wouldn't be fielding the same level of team... other areas would suffer.

Still Nichols. Mitchell is so self-interested and conceded it's obnoxious.

Alright I'm out of ammo... agree to disagree I guess, this is pointless.

Alright that's fair... but he also has 2 fumbles (which WPG recovered). I'm just saying he's a bit over-hyped on the boards here. I've never seen a team sitting 6-2 calling for a starting QB change. Although the offense hasn't been stellar, even back in 2011 when they were 7-1, nobody was calling for Pierce's (or LaPo's) head.

I meant given the sample size. Of course Nichols would have more turnovers, he's made ~230 pass attempts to Strevelers 13. If you were to gross up Streveler's current stats (Nichols has 17 times more passing attempts than Streveler) his numbers are gaudy: 153/221, 1,394 yards, 17 TDs,34 INTs. Of course this is based off his current small sample size, and by no means is this extrapolation perfect... feel free to provide a better argument than "Streveler because he's just better".

I'm just saying, with significantly less playtime he's turned the ball over more. That stat line doesn't include any turnovers on downs (like the one against CAL, I think he had one against OTT too?)

Stats after week 9 Nichols: (161/228) 70.6% - 1,757 yards, 14 TDs, 4 INTs Streveler: (9/13) 69.2% 82 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs I still think Nichols is our starter for the foreseeable future.

Sure... there will definitely be some cases where coaches may burn a challenge to calm things down. You can almost always find a holding or illegal block on most kick return plays... personally, I think it'd be best if they did it for a specific player, similar to how pass interference is called. I just find it interesting that even the rule book itself is stacked against coverage teams like that, puts them at a big disadvantage when there is a missed call.

The issue is that the scoring play is reviewable, but a coach can only challenge for illegal block penalties if they're called. Teams receiving the ball have an inherent advantage, since receiving coaches can challenge a phantom illegal block penalty (to have it removed), but the kicking team can't challenge for a missed illegal block penalty that should've been called.

That's a big missed PAT. Keeps it a one score game.